Evensong Dec 1

Prelude                                Rendez à Dieu                   Richard M. Peek Richard Maurice Peek (1927-2005), organist-director of Charlotte’s Covenant Presbyterian Church, created his piece on the 1543 tune (located at #195 in The Hymnal 1940) by Louis Bourgeois (composer of the tune Old Hundredth, sung to the Doxology). Bourgeois (1510-1559), a French disciple of the Swiss reformer John Calvin,…

Why Millennials Long for Liturgy: Is the High Church the Christianity of the future? From The American Conservative: America’s youth are leaving churches in droves. One in four young adults choose “unaffiliated” when asked about their religion, according to a 2012 Public Religion Research Institute poll, and 55 percent of those unaffiliated youth once had a…

A different Lessons and Carols – Done Saint Michael’s Way – a very moving service which even made the people emotional of the presentation. Total service lasts about an hour and a half…take a few moments and take in all the beauty of reverent worship. Just click below. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=367145308506081&id=100023556618640        

St. Michael The Archangel 2211 Margaret Wallace Rd Matthews, N.C.  28105 Rev. Michael Cawthon, St. Michael the Archangel, Rector (2021) Confirmation class 3 (April 24 & May 2) BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (1928) THE SACRAMENTAL LIFE:  PART I BAPTISM AND HOLY EUCHARIST The Sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, ordained…

Prelude                                Rhosymedre                      R. Vaughan Williams The tune of the Gradual Hymn (#504) was written by the Welsh Anglican priest John David Edwards, who named the tune after the village of Rhosymedre in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales, where he was the vicar (1843-1885). Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), English composer of orchestral and choral music,…